OCTOBER 23, 2012


RONDA'S CORNER
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I was doing some research lately looking for titles listed on the Common Core Exemplar lists for K-6th. I have the following articles in PDF files that I would love to send to you if needed.
4th grade:
Smart-Speak by Marilyn Cram Donahue
The (Really) Great Law of Peace by Cynthia O'Brien

We also have copies of the following titles in the Professional Library just waiting:
Investigating the Scientific Method With Max Axiom by Donald B. Lemke. This title is listed for fifth grade. We have two copies of this book.
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe. This book is on the first grade titles list. We have eleven copies of this book plus it is available on Medianet through United Streaming as digitized videos.

This link will take you to the poem The Frog by Hilaire Belloc - Grade 3
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176031
If anyone has found other titles from the lists in a format that is easy to share, please let me know. I'll pass it on in future "corners".



MARYANN'S MEANDERINGS
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"All the words in the world. Pronounced
www.forvo.com
Forvo, described as "the largest word pronunciation dictionary in the world," is here to help with audio playback clips of word pronunciations by native speakers in over 280 languages."

Seriously Amazing -
Questions come alive at the Smithsonian
http://seriouslyamazing.si.edu/

Glogster site for current events
http://viewlibrary.edu.glogster.com/current-events/


http://itunes.apple.com/us/course/united-states-constitution/id559398926

"National Archives and Records Administration online iTunes U courseexploring the United States constitution and constitutional issues."